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<a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand"></a><a class="link" href="io_context__strand.html" title="io_context::strand">io_context::strand</a>
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<p>
        <a class="indexterm" name="boost_asio.indexterm.io_context__strand"></a>
      </p>
<p>
        Provides serialised handler execution.
      </p>
<pre class="programlisting">class strand
</pre>
<h5>
<a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.h0"></a>
        <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.member_functions"></a></span><a class="link" href="io_context__strand.html#boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.member_functions">Member
        Functions</a>
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                  Name
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                <p>
                  Description
                </p>
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                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/context.html" title="io_context::strand::context"><span class="bold"><strong>context</strong></span></a>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Obtain the underlying execution context.
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
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                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/defer.html" title="io_context::strand::defer"><span class="bold"><strong>defer</strong></span></a>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Request the strand to invoke the given function object.
                </p>
              </td>
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                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/dispatch.html" title="io_context::strand::dispatch"><span class="bold"><strong>dispatch</strong></span></a>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Request the strand to invoke the given function object. <br>
                  <span class="silver"> —</span><br> (Deprecated: Use boost::asio::dispatch().) Request the strand
                  to invoke the given handler.
                </p>
              </td>
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                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/on_work_finished.html" title="io_context::strand::on_work_finished"><span class="bold"><strong>on_work_finished</strong></span></a>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Inform the strand that some work is no longer outstanding.
                </p>
              </td>
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                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/on_work_started.html" title="io_context::strand::on_work_started"><span class="bold"><strong>on_work_started</strong></span></a>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Inform the strand that it has some outstanding work to do.
                </p>
              </td>
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                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/post.html" title="io_context::strand::post"><span class="bold"><strong>post</strong></span></a>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Request the strand to invoke the given function object. <br>
                  <span class="silver"> —</span><br> (Deprecated: Use boost::asio::post().) Request the strand
                  to invoke the given handler and return immediately.
                </p>
              </td>
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                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/running_in_this_thread.html" title="io_context::strand::running_in_this_thread"><span class="bold"><strong>running_in_this_thread</strong></span></a>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Determine whether the strand is running in the current thread.
                </p>
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                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/strand.html" title="io_context::strand::strand"><span class="bold"><strong>strand</strong></span></a> <span class="silver">[constructor]</span>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Constructor.
                </p>
              </td>
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                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/wrap.html" title="io_context::strand::wrap"><span class="bold"><strong>wrap</strong></span></a>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  (Deprecated: Use boost::asio::bind_executor().) Create a new handler
                  that automatically dispatches the wrapped handler on the strand.
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
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<td>
                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/_strand.html" title="io_context::strand::~strand"><span class="bold"><strong>~strand</strong></span></a> <span class="silver">[destructor]</span>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Destructor.
                </p>
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<h5>
<a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.h1"></a>
        <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.friends"></a></span><a class="link" href="io_context__strand.html#boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.friends">Friends</a>
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                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/operator_not__eq_.html" title="io_context::strand::operator!="><span class="bold"><strong>operator!=</strong></span></a>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Compare two strands for inequality.
                </p>
              </td>
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<td>
                <p>
                  <a class="link" href="io_context__strand/operator_eq__eq_.html" title="io_context::strand::operator=="><span class="bold"><strong>operator==</strong></span></a>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Compare two strands for equality.
                </p>
              </td>
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<p>
        The <a class="link" href="io_context__strand.html" title="io_context::strand"><code class="computeroutput">io_context::strand</code></a>
        class provides the ability to post and dispatch handlers with the guarantee
        that none of those handlers will execute concurrently.
      </p>
<h5>
<a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.h2"></a>
        <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.order_of_handler_invocation"></a></span><a class="link" href="io_context__strand.html#boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.order_of_handler_invocation">Order
        of handler invocation</a>
      </h5>
<p>
        Given:
      </p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
            a strand object <code class="computeroutput">s</code>
          </li>
<li class="listitem">
            an object <code class="computeroutput">a</code> meeting completion handler requirements
          </li>
<li class="listitem">
            an object <code class="computeroutput">a1</code> which is an arbitrary copy of <code class="computeroutput">a</code>
            made by the implementation
          </li>
<li class="listitem">
            an object <code class="computeroutput">b</code> meeting completion handler requirements
          </li>
<li class="listitem">
            an object <code class="computeroutput">b1</code> which is an arbitrary copy of <code class="computeroutput">b</code>
            made by the implementation
          </li>
</ul></div>
<p>
        if any of the following conditions are true:
      </p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
            <code class="computeroutput">s.post(a)</code> happens-before <code class="computeroutput">s.post(b)</code>
          </li>
<li class="listitem">
            <code class="computeroutput">s.post(a)</code> happens-before <code class="computeroutput">s.dispatch(b)</code>, where
            the latter is performed outside the strand
          </li>
<li class="listitem">
            <code class="computeroutput">s.dispatch(a)</code> happens-before <code class="computeroutput">s.post(b)</code>, where
            the former is performed outside the strand
          </li>
<li class="listitem">
            <code class="computeroutput">s.dispatch(a)</code> happens-before <code class="computeroutput">s.dispatch(b)</code>,
            where both are performed outside the strand
          </li>
</ul></div>
<p>
        then <code class="computeroutput">asio_handler_invoke(a1, &amp;a1)</code> happens-before <code class="computeroutput">asio_handler_invoke(b1,
        &amp;b1)</code>.
      </p>
<p>
        Note that in the following case:
      </p>
<pre class="programlisting">async_op_1(..., s.wrap(a));
async_op_2(..., s.wrap(b));
</pre>
<p>
        the completion of the first async operation will perform <code class="computeroutput">s.dispatch(a)</code>,
        and the second will perform <code class="computeroutput">s.dispatch(b)</code>, but the order in
        which those are performed is unspecified. That is, you cannot state whether
        one happens-before the other. Therefore none of the above conditions are
        met and no ordering guarantee is made.
      </p>
<h5>
<a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.h3"></a>
        <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.remarks"></a></span><a class="link" href="io_context__strand.html#boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.remarks">Remarks</a>
      </h5>
<p>
        The implementation makes no guarantee that handlers posted or dispatched
        through different <code class="computeroutput">strand</code> objects will be invoked concurrently.
      </p>
<h5>
<a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.h4"></a>
        <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.thread_safety"></a></span><a class="link" href="io_context__strand.html#boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.thread_safety">Thread Safety</a>
      </h5>
<p>
        <span class="emphasis"><em>Distinct</em></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>objects:</em></span> Safe.
      </p>
<p>
        <span class="emphasis"><em>Shared</em></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>objects:</em></span> Safe.
      </p>
<h5>
<a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.h5"></a>
        <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.requirements"></a></span><a class="link" href="io_context__strand.html#boost_asio.reference.io_context__strand.requirements">Requirements</a>
      </h5>
<p>
        <span class="emphasis"><em>Header: </em></span><code class="literal">boost/asio/io_context_strand.hpp</code>
      </p>
<p>
        <span class="emphasis"><em>Convenience header: </em></span><code class="literal">boost/asio.hpp</code>
      </p>
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